Processing child abuse has inflicted a number of very irritating behavioral patterns on us, patterns we're acutely aware of yet have been too weak or fuddled to avoid. Among the most annoying and heartbreaking is...how do I put this? we now have painful memories about stationery.
I went through a period of youthful explosion of interest in self-organization that achieved NOTHING, but at least I got a lot of pencil cups and little plastic clips I never used for anything. I'd have big plans for the system I was going to impose on myself, only to be undone by my erratic behavior.
~Chara of Pnictogen